Tibor Shanto

JUNE 17, 2021

It relates directly to how goals, targets and quotas are set and hit. The challenge of setting hard goals is making the targets motivational. Psychological Safety is important for setting hard goals and hitting quotas. I have some research that makes this a great debate to have in your sales team right now. Useful Reading.

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Objectives and Key Results Quota Sales Drivers/motivators 293

A Sales Guy

MARCH 31, 2020

Gap Selling has been out for over a year now and one of the most common questions I’m asked is, how is Gap Selling different than Solution Selling. There is no better sentence that helps define the difference between Gap Selling and Solutions Selling than the first one above.

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Sell Commission Drivers/motivators Quota 136

Veloxy

MAY 25, 2021

Product or service confidence means that the salesperson honestly believes that what they are selling can make life better somehow…even if just in a small way. Artificial intelligence, machine learning , and great advancements in personalization are driving personal sales quotas and team sales quotas like never before!

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Referrals Quota Cold Call Contact 290

Hubspot

MARCH 27, 2019

In the film, Alec Baldwin's straight-talking sales manager arrives at a small business to motivate the sales team. Motivating your sales team isn't about taking the coffee from their lips, it's about setting realistic quotas tailored to each rep, the type of product or service they're selling, and the market they're selling to.

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Quota Territory Commission Sales 100

Sales Gravy

MARCH 18, 2025

By the time theyre ready to sell, theyll be way behind on prospecting and might even lose that day-one enthusiasm for building relationships. Once theyve got a potential client on the hook, the rep has motivation to find the answers. Once theyve got a potential client on the hook, the rep has motivation to find the answers.

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Cold Call Commission Appointment Pipeline 74

Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 14, 2023

You could also be well behind your quota, struggling to stay motivated and worried about job security. As a leader, your job is to motivate your teams, hold them accountable, ensure they’re performing at their absolute peak, and ultimately drive revenue. It can also be the hardest. I’ve been through plenty of year-ends as an AE.

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Quota Pipeline Drivers/motivators Negotiate 209

SaaStr

MAY 24, 2025

Top 10 Strategies Toasts CRO Uses to Crush Sales Quotas So a little while ago Toasts CRO Jonathan Vassil joined Sam Blond on SaaStr CRO Confidential on how Toast built one of the strongest but toughest rocketship in sales: a lower gross margin, lower ACV ($10k), sales-led SMB sales motion. 5 Interesting Learnings from Toast at $1.1

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Quota Territory Referrals Strategic partnership 57

Salesmate

DECEMBER 3, 2020

How to motivate the sales team when sales is low? Here is how you can motivate the team when sales is low. Only when you have a clear picture of their roadblock, you’ll be able to provide a solution and motivate them to work harder. . So when your team uses obsolete selling methods, they lose the prospects to the competitors. .

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Drivers/motivators Objectives and Key Results Sales CRM 123

Sales Pop!

JULY 9, 2022

These solutions were used to enforce quotas on users—“You haven’t made your 100 calls today!” They are motivated by Pipeliner’s features. Utilizing this information allows sales teams to learn how to become better at selling, and provides a training tool for rep improvement. And Pipeliner empowers that role, too.

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Pipeline CRM Drivers/motivators Quota 246

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Create sales plans that save reps time and maximize sales impact Get your targets, budget, and headcount aligned with just a few clicks so you can sell more efficiently. These targets are used to guide the quota-setting, territory mapping , and sales team strategies. Is additional product or sales training needed before teams can sell?

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Quota Territory Pipeline Sales 116

Veloxy

JANUARY 2, 2024

However, with increasing competition combined with a limited budget and sales personnel, reaching your quotas can be challenging. While you may want your sales team to focus on selling, they also spend much time on administrative tasks. In doing so, you can give your reps more time to sell while helping them reach more qualified leads.

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Product Territory Objectives and Key Results Sales 246

Hubspot

MARCH 13, 2025

According to a 2023 survey of over 450 sales leaders, 91% of their teams missed quota that year. This begins at the sales rep level but can become an enterprise-wide problem when sales staff, from reps up to SVPs, focus on their year-to-date (YTD) positions against quota. Why are revenue targets so hard to hit?

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Meeting Pipeline Quota Sales 66

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Let’s dig into it and see how selling like a psycho(therapist) can help you counsel opportunities to close with these 3 sales psychology techniques. PandaDoc sales trainer, Patrick , recently posted on LinkedIn about how one of our top-selling reps has an average talk-to-listen ratio of 30:70. You’ve heard of relational selling.

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Technique Quota Sell Clients 90

A Sales Guy

AUGUST 28, 2017

My job was to sell chamber memberships to Denver area businesses. You wouldn’t make quota unless you made the calls and set up the meetings. I created fields that helped me understand their buying motivations. If you want to get better at sales, start learning to use the CRM as a selling tool. It was 1996.

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CRM Sell Cold Call E-commerce 125

Highspot

APRIL 1, 2025

Offering specific feedback ensures sales reps stay motivated. How do you distribute workloads fairly and still motivate team members? Retaining top talent reduces hiring costs and preserves proprietary knowledge, which is a significant ROI driver. How do you help them adapt without crushing their drive?

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Objectives and Key Results Sell Objection handling Negotiate 52

Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2019

Clearly, new strategies alone aren’t enough to motivate a sales team. According to behavioral intelligence (BQ), it’s all about how you motivate your team. You see, BQ has found that motivation is a trigger for thoughts… which cause feelings… which yield action. Sure, these are all key motivators for your sales reps.

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Extrinsic Drivers/motivators Intrinsic Commission 101

Hubspot

AUGUST 31, 2020

Did you know that 69% of B2B salespeople feel they don’t not have enough opportunities in their pipeline to meet sales quota? This data comes from a recent survey conducted by Selling Power and ValueSelling Associates that surveyed more than 300 B2B sales professionals about their quotas. Three Reasons Reps Don’t Make Quota.

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Quota Objectives and Key Results Pipeline Cold Call 99

Closing Bigger

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

They meet quotas, but they dont innovate or push boundaries. The assumption is that if they can sell, they can teach others to do the same. Many top salespeople excel because they are self-motivated, competitive, and independent qualities that dont always translate into being great managers. The reality?

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Objectives and Key Results CRM Sales Strategize 85

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

I'll preface these tips by mentioning that many sales teams struggle to hit quota during the holiday season — and those issues come from a lot of different angles, including: It's a shorter quarter with weeks-long holidays for prospects. Break the cycle of pressure to hit quota by playing into the holiday season and spreading the cheer!

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Quota Angle Prospecting Price 99

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

I wrote a post, “ Sellers, Are You Really Interested In Selling ? He did this asking, “Dave, why are you so interested in selling?” I’m obsessed with selling—all things selling. I’m excited by how selling is changing and the future of selling. Eventually, I got an offer.

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Sell Up-sell Follow-up Start-ups 138

SaaStr

MAY 2, 2025

This was particularly motivating for Benioff, seeing how rapidly customers can deploy high-value AI implementations in relatively short timeframes. Meeting Customers Is Still The Ultimate Motivator Marc is still always meeting customers. And this is just the beginning of Lennar’s agent-first transformation.

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Strategize Drivers/motivators Healthcare Contact 93

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

CVPs should not be confused with unique selling propositions (USPs). So, when you meet with a potential customer, you must be prepared to sell them on your product or service — and position yourself as a trusted advisor. Truck drivers would pull up to a truck stop, go inside, get a cup of coffee and come back out.

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Transportation Drivers/motivators Customers Territory 52

Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2019

Keep reading to learn the top 5 motivators, as uncovered by the survey. The fact is, most of your employees show up and sell for the same reason you do. They show up and sell because they want the company to succeed — because if the company succeeds, they succeed. What you do need to do is help them stay motivated.

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Drivers/motivators Sales Up-sell Strategize 108

Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

How to Empower, Develop, and Motivate Your Inside Sales Team. When we talk about outside sales, we’re referring to a team that goes out on sales calls to sell regionally and at conferences, events, and so on. One way to select between outside and inside sales hires is by analyzing the type of product you’re selling.

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PandaDoc

JUNE 16, 2025

.” OTE represents the total amount that a rep can expect to earn if they hit 100% of their quota, combining their base salary with annual commissions or bonuses. For employers, it’s a tool for motivating teams and projecting costs. OTE helps set clear expectations for performance and pay. For sales reps, it’s a benchmark.

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Commission Quota Represent Sales 52

Hubspot

JULY 30, 2020

Sales leaders that fall back on run-of-the-mill motivation techniques struggle to drive their reps toward aggressive growth targets. One clear way to motivate salespeople in the summer is to empower front-line managers to be better coaches. This is a toxic combination for sales reps and their managers. Plan a sales contest.

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Drivers/motivators Commission Technique Sports 92

Veloxy

DECEMBER 28, 2023

However, if you’re considering a transition to outside sales or simply want to elevate your field selling game, you’re in the right place. and embark on this journey to master the art of field selling together! Get Your Free Ebook Key Takeaways Outside sales is the practice of selling through direct, in-person interactions.

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Salesforce

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

One-quarter of respondents said theyre superstitious about selling, while two-thirds find magic in the coffee they drink. 24% are superstitious about selling 35% wake up before 6 a.m. Closing the deal If only you could snap your fingers to hit quota every month. Even when theyre not actively selling, 33% are still researching.

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Quota Sports Relationship building Referrals 52

Salesforce

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Quotas seem out of reach, and your team starts breaking into a cold sweat. According to the latest State of Sales report , only 28% of reps are expected to hit their quotas in 2022. The good news: You can set motivating quotas that are challenging but not soul-crushing. What you’ll learn: What is a sales quota?

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Quota Objectives and Key Results CRM Drivers/motivators 69

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 8, 2020

So we have an inherent imbalance in every selling interaction. This means that you need to let go and give up control by removing sales quotas and targets. Throw out quotas and reward your sellers in the same way that you reward the rest of your company. The seller had a quota to hit, and the sales quarter was ending.

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Trust Objectives and Key Results Sell Quota 121

Hubspot

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This is where personal selling comes into play. Personal selling is the key to a well-balanced sales organization, and, in this guide, we’re going to explain why that’s the case. Personal selling is most commonly used for business-to-business (B2B) selling, although it’s also used in retail and trade selling, too.

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Sell Cross-sell Negotiate Up-sell 98

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A sales capacity plan can also help you optimize the resources you already have on hand and keep your focus on selling more effectively rather than worrying about having a big enough team to handle increased demand. It’s no longer enough to simply guess how big a team you’ll need to maintain sustainable, consistent revenue growth.

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Growth Quota Territory E-commerce 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

They’ve built a new process of guided selling, which Neil discusses during the show. How Revenue Grid enables smarter selling. Guided selling and engagement. We’ve also created guided selling and engagement. Our expertise in email, calendar synchronization has led us to the guided selling and engagement space.

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Sell CRM Appointment Up-sell 111

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This guide unveils essential metrics such as lead response time, conversion rate, and quota attainment to help you understand where your team excels and where there’s room to grow. Quota Attainment Quota attainment is the ultimate measure of your sales team’s success. We will examine each of these metrics more closely.

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Product Quota Objectives and Key Results CRM 130

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Founders who were selling and then hiring AEs after they closed, you know, anywhere from 50, 000 to 200, 000 in ARR. I had some sales experiments experience before going into consulting after my MBA, but not sort of AE quota carrying type work. Darts at the board when I’m coming up with this quota, I want them to succeed.

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GTM Quota Drivers/motivators Sales 91

Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2019

We walk through his humble beginnings at the Denver Chamber of Commerce and dive deep into the concept of “Gap Selling,” the book Keenan wrote, and unpack how to move from product-centric to problem-centric selling and, in doing so, transform your win rates and sales effectiveness. Why feature selling will get you fired.

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Sell Sales Consult Up-sell 99

Search Engine Land

MARCH 13, 2024

One of the biggest mistakes I see time and time again with B2B content is that it misses the point that you are selling to a human. We are still that human that was at home in the morning and has many different motivational drivers. Most B2B marketing sits in the rational space – selling on features and benefits.

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Drivers/motivators B2B B2C Quota 91